Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announces 2020 presidential campaign focusing on climate change

The increasingly crowded 2020 Democratic field has just expanded once again.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee (D) announced on Friday that he is officially running for president in 2020. He made clear in his announcement that his focus will be climate change; in fact, that's the only issue he talks about in a video released on Friday.

"I'm running for president because I'm the only candidate who will make defeating climate change our nation's number one priority," he said. He also said in the video that "we're the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we're the last that can do something about it."

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Inslee has served as the governor of Washington since 2013 and was previously a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He teased a likely presidential campaign in January, saying at the time he saw an "opening in a Democratic primary" because there is "an appetite for someone who has credibility and a long track record" on climate change. The announcement video begins with old clips of Inslee talking about climate change as a congressman.

Watch Inslee's announcement below. Brendan Morrow